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This is what SE has to look forward toFollow

#1 Sep 04 2013 at 10:57 AM Rating: Sub-Default
#2 Sep 04 2013 at 10:59 AM Rating: Good
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Right, because everyone knows Forbes is a major gaming outlet.
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#3 Sep 04 2013 at 11:01 AM Rating: Excellent
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Ugh, the very fact that Forbes is hosting an op-ed titled after a song from the Ghostbusters II soundtrack makes me feel old.
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#4 Sep 04 2013 at 11:02 AM Rating: Excellent
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Did you read the review? It was very positive.

If this is what SE has to look forward to, then they've done a great job redesigning the game.
#5 Sep 04 2013 at 11:04 AM Rating: Good
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That's a really good review of the game!

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Pretty soon Square Enix will have a fan revolt on their hands. It would be a shame if people abandoned ship not because the game was terrible, but because it was so good nobody could actually log on to play.


How many games can say that today? These login issues will be solved and quickly forgotten. The game will survive this launch just fine.
#6 Sep 04 2013 at 11:09 AM Rating: Good
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Did you read the review? It was very positive.

If this is what SE has to look forward to, then they've done a great job redesigning the game.



This.
The reviewer really liked the game, was just upset that he couldn't get on as much as he would have liked. Otherwise he spoke very highly of it. I'm pretty sure most people would agree with his assessments.
#7 Sep 04 2013 at 11:13 AM Rating: Excellent
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ACLinjury wrote:
I'm pretty sure most people would agree with his assessments.
I didn't agree with the revolt part. Square has given people dozens of reasons to revolt over the last decade. If their fans haven't revolted and left yet, they never will. Call it what you will; Resilience, stubbornness, faith or Stockholm Syndrome.

Edited, Sep 4th 2013 1:13pm by lolgaxe
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#8 Sep 04 2013 at 11:15 AM Rating: Default
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That's a really good review of the game!

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Pretty soon Square Enix will have a fan revolt on their hands. It would be a shame if people abandoned ship not because the game was terrible, but because it was so good nobody could actually log on to play.


How many games can say that today? These login issues will be solved and quickly forgotten. The game will survive this launch just fine.


Remains to been seen two weeks in and no end in sight yet.
Only way people are going to forget is if they suffer from alzheimers
#9 Sep 04 2013 at 11:16 AM Rating: Excellent
The reviewer must have just quit Guildwars 2 because that's mostly what he talked about.

But I agree, that was a fairly positive review, with a nod of deserved criticism toward the real problems plaguing the data center.
#10 Sep 04 2013 at 11:17 AM Rating: Good
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or Stockholm Syndrome.

Edited, Sep 4th 2013 1:13pm by lolgaxe


God damned nail on the head.
#11 Sep 04 2013 at 11:19 AM Rating: Decent
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Taratru wrote:
That's a really good review of the game!

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Pretty soon Square Enix will have a fan revolt on their hands. It would be a shame if people abandoned ship not because the game was terrible, but because it was so good nobody could actually log on to play.


How many games can say that today? These login issues will be solved and quickly forgotten. The game will survive this launch just fine.


THANK YOU. could not have put it better myself.
#12 Sep 04 2013 at 11:21 AM Rating: Decent
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lolgaxe wrote:
or Stockholm Syndrome.

Edited, Sep 4th 2013 1:13pm by lolgaxe


God damned nail on the head.



FFXI is a pure case of stockholm syndrome..... i know this personally. 4 different character accounts...... lol. each one a seperate expansion.
#13 Sep 04 2013 at 11:22 AM Rating: Excellent
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The funny part? When I clicked the link, Forbes temporarily put me on a page with the following Thought of the Day:
"An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. ”
— Winston Churchill
#14 Sep 04 2013 at 11:25 AM Rating: Excellent
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I love seeing reviews and stuff like this it shuts up all the naysayers about this game and bascially ended all the gloom and doom surrounding this game. Yes SE made a Fail First launch of FFXIV 1.0. But im glad it failed because SE came back stronger than ever and really put an amazing product.

The fact that people couldn't log into the game and kept trying and trying for 5-6 hours at some times is a testimate to the game and how far its come, granted thats not the best way to look at it.
#15 Sep 04 2013 at 11:29 AM Rating: Good
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MMO sales usually take a sharp decline after launch. I hope they get everything straight in time so people stick around.
#16 Sep 04 2013 at 12:19 PM Rating: Decent
Its pretty sad that shallow people will go by the word of ONE person. to decided weather or not they will try something out. In this case. FFXIV. Why not, and this may be a stretch. But Use your own words and opinions on something and see how you may like or dislike it. Instead of coming on here with your the world is ending attitude. If you have tried the game, and dont like it then fine. move on. But if ur only on here butt hurt cuz u cant get onto a server. Then join the long line of other people with the same problem. and do what most of them are doing. either shut up and go outside. or shut up and keep trying til you get on. Its that simple really.

Just my 2 pennies.
#17 Sep 04 2013 at 12:31 PM Rating: Decent
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And yet the review is positive. What was your point?
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#18 Sep 04 2013 at 2:36 PM Rating: Decent
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Lol glowing praise from start to finish whatever will se do?
#19 Sep 04 2013 at 2:50 PM Rating: Excellent
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I don't really care who quits. I like the game well enough to hold out until the problems with the login servers are resolved. The game is undeniably fun and has hooked me in a way no game has in a long time. I'm in no rush to get to the level cap or complete all the content, and gathering jobs are comfy to play, so I don't mind the hiccups. To me it's worth bearing until the issues are fixed. I don't think a review online is going to change how I feel, nor is some angry troll in a forum post going to sway my opinion. I've played the game and I like it.
#20 Sep 04 2013 at 7:11 PM Rating: Excellent
Read it all through and thought it very fair and positive while still critiquing the bad fairly.

He actually wants to play himself what better recommendation from a reviewer.
#21 Sep 04 2013 at 7:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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lolgaxe wrote:
ACLinjury wrote:
I'm pretty sure most people would agree with his assessments.
I didn't agree with the revolt part. Square has given people dozens of reasons to revolt over the last decade. If their fans haven't revolted and left yet, they never will. Call it what you will; Resilience, stubbornness, faith or Stockholm Syndrome.

Edited, Sep 4th 2013 1:13pm by lolgaxe
it's more an supply/demand kind of thing, they offer a very specific product that is (almost) not available anywhere else, sometimes the quality drops and a 1.0 happens, but other times... let's just hope this game's future is as good as its character creation.
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#22 Sep 04 2013 at 7:46 PM Rating: Good
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All told, from what I’ve played so far this is a top-notch MMO and I hope it succeeds in the subscriber model so many others have failed at


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#23 Sep 04 2013 at 10:41 PM Rating: Default
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I see nothing wrong with that review.. I agree with it completely... tl;dr version:

"Wonderful game, when you can actually play it"


sounds 100% accurate to me
#24 Sep 04 2013 at 10:52 PM Rating: Default
Love looking at the posts that didn't read the article.
#25 Sep 04 2013 at 11:20 PM Rating: Excellent
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So are we implying that because the game had connection issues the first week that its doomed?

Ignoring the fact that the game itself is actually quite polished of course.

I get that a buggy and messy game that also has connection issues like FFXIV did can probably kiss any successful future goodbye...but for a game that had issues only because it was so popular, and for a short period of time (granted its still fresh in everyone mind) and compensated financially for it....I don't see any gloom and doom in their future,

Plus SE is one of the few companies that can get away with not being profitable for an extended period of time since they don't need outside investors to fund the game, same as blizzard...in fact both launches were pretty much the same...only blizzard too like a month to resolve it all.

I think this game will do just fine. Perhaps this week long ordeal stopped them from having a 1-5 million subscriber game...though I doubt that...but I could see that argument being made that this all prevent the game from being even more massive.

Also I recall forbes making a lot of stupid calls regarding gaming in the past. I mean they might be good at looking at the numbers, but I wouldn't take any gaming advice from a financial based company. Im fairly sure the only way they know if a game is good or not is based on a financial report and financial report alone....and im not sure they get stuff like "its a FF game so people are going to buy it" mentality.

Seems like asking IGN to analyze quarterly reports for commodity based companies and taking advice on future price predictions.
#26 Sep 04 2013 at 11:45 PM Rating: Decent
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lolgaxe wrote:
ACLinjury wrote:
I'm pretty sure most people would agree with his assessments.
I didn't agree with the revolt part. Square has given people dozens of reasons to revolt over the last decade. If their fans haven't revolted and left yet, they never will. Call it what you will; Resilience, stubbornness, faith or Stockholm Syndrome.

Edited, Sep 4th 2013 1:13pm by lolgaxe


Should have known it was you, lolgaxe. Hilarious but accurate summing the whole thing up. Stockholm Sydrome huh. lol Might just be.
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